This was a great site that I used for my paper. It gives general information and the rest of these things on their site. I would recommend checking this out if you are interested in this topic!!
Table of Contents
Definition & Background
Sexting Statistics
Similarities & Differences to Offline Behavior
Harmful Effects
Recognizing if Sexting has become a problem with your teen
What to do if you discover your child is involved in a situation involving sexting…
Laws that Help
External Resources
References
Terms Associated with 'Sexting'
Article about how sexting got teenagers in trouble. Then DA tried to force them to take a class about sexting but when they refused, they sued the DA because the DA was questioning the parenting of the parents. Very good article.
The girl, now 18, reported to police that she received a text message last
month from an unknown person, who told her that her pictures were seen on a
website.
The woman told police she sent some indecent pictures to her boyfriend from her
cell phone in November 2009. Her phone was later stolen at a New
Her phone was later stolen at a New
Year's
party.
About 15 months later, she received the text message while she was at work,
informing her that her pictures were on the Internet.
Sexting is, in fact, a very big deal. Not because sexual curiosity and boundary pushing aren't normal parts of growing up; they are. The thing is, on the Internet, nothing ever truly vanishes.